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• When the Democratic Door-Knocker Has Something Unscripted to Say

  26-12-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  Zohran Mamdani’s campaign encouraged canvassers to ditch their scripts in pursuit of genuine, off-the-cuff-conversation. It’s a strategy that some Democratic strategists want to see more of.
  
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• Northern California Conservatives Are Frustrated They Could Get a Democratic Representative

  26-12-2025 11:00 via nytimes.com
  The passage of Proposition 50, which redrew California’s congressional map, means that all of the state’s conservative north is likely to be represented by Democrats.
  
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• U.S. Strikes ISIS in Nigeria After Trump Warned of Attacks on Christians

  26-12-2025 03:51 via nytimes.com
  The attack comes after President Trump ordered the Defense Department last month to prepare to intervene militarily in Nigeria to protect Christians from Islamic militants.
  
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• Judge Blocks Detention of British Researcher Who Scrutinizes Online Hate

  26-12-2025 00:28 via nytimes.com
  Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinformation, was among five Europeans the State Department had barred, claiming they promote censorship.
  
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• Robert Lindsey, Times Reporter and Reagan Ghostwriter, Dies at 90

  25-12-2025 23:05 via nytimes.com
  The nonfiction spy thriller “The Falcon and the Snowman,” which became a film, grew out of his work as a journalist covering the West Coast for The Times.
  
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• Tracking the NFL playoff picture: Updated chances to clinch open spots, win division titles - ESPN

  25-12-2025 21:38
  Tracking the NFL playoff picture: Updated chances to clinch open spots, win division titles  ESPNWho is in the NFL playoffs so far? Who’s clinched, division winners, bracket update  USA TodayNFL playoff picture: Postseason probabilities entering Week 17 of the 2025 season  NFL.comNFL Playoff Scenarios for Week 17: How Final 4 Playoff Spots Could Be Determined  FOX SportsCurrent NFL playoff matchups for the 2025 NFL postseason  Yahoo Sports
  
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• With Trump in Power, Democrats Try to Redefine Themselves as Disrupters

  25-12-2025 20:36 via nytimes.com
  Since President Trump’s rise, Democrats have served as defenders of a political system many Americans believe is broken. Now the party is trying a new approach.
  
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• Meet ‘NASA Mike,’ who’s done 105,000 handstands around the world - The Washington Post

  25-12-2025 20:00
  Meet ‘NASA Mike,’ who’s done 105,000 handstands around the world  The Washington Post
  
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• Trump Has a New Auto Loan Tax Break. Here’s Who Could Benefit.

  25-12-2025 19:28 via nytimes.com
  Many Americans can take advantage of President Trump’s deduction on auto loan interest, but the tax break will provide only modest savings.
  
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• Last of its kind dodo relative spotted in a remote Samoan rainforest - Live Science

  25-12-2025 19:00
  Last of its kind dodo relative spotted in a remote Samoan rainforest  Live Science
  
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• Commanders vs. Cowboys live updates: Score, highlights, key moments for Christmas game - CBS Sports

  25-12-2025 18:50
  Commanders vs. Cowboys live updates: Score, highlights, key moments for Christmas game  CBS SportsDak Prescott, Cowboys knock off Commanders: Live updates and reaction  The New York TimesStargazing: Cowboys who shined vs. Commanders  Dallas Cowboys | Official Site of the Dallas CowboysWhat channel is Cowboys-Commanders Christmas NFL game today? Time, schedule, where to stream live  IndyStarCowboys vs. Commanders Week 17 Highlights: Dallas Bests Archrival o
  
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• Brazil’s jailed ex-President Bolsonaro undergoes ‘successful’ surgery - Al Jazeera

  25-12-2025 18:50
  Brazil’s jailed ex-President Bolsonaro undergoes ‘successful’ surgery  Al JazeeraImprisoned Brazilian ex-president Jair Bolsonaro undergoes double hernia surgery  CBS NewsBrazil's Supreme Court allows Bolsonaro to leave prison for surgery  BBCBrazil's Bolsonaro to undergo hernia surgery on Thursday  ReutersBrazil's ex-president Bolsonaro operated on for hernia  Yahoo
  
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• Blood test could predict who is most at risk from common inherited heart condition - The Guardian

  25-12-2025 18:50
  Blood test could predict who is most at risk from common inherited heart condition  The Guardian
  
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• National Guardsmen shooting suspect's case moved to federal court, where death penalty can be weighed: Pirro - ABC News

  25-12-2025 18:02
  National Guardsmen shooting suspect's case moved to federal court, where death penalty can be weighed: Pirro  ABC NewsNew Federal Charges in Killing of National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom and Shooting of Guardsman Andrew Wolfe  Department of Justice (.gov)Suspect in National Guard shooting faces new federal charges that allow death penalty discussions  CNNNew Charges Could Carry Death Penalty in Attack on National Guard Members in D.C.  The New York TimesFe
  
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• Grotmas Calendar Day 25 – Huron Blackheart strides forth from the Maelstrom - Warhammer Community

  25-12-2025 17:57
  Grotmas Calendar Day 25 – Huron Blackheart strides forth from the Maelstrom  Warhammer Community
  
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• Chris Rodriguez inactive for Commanders-Cowboys on Christmas Day - NBC Sports

  25-12-2025 17:46
  Chris Rodriguez inactive for Commanders-Cowboys on Christmas Day  NBC SportsView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• Estonia’s Man on Capitol Hill Is on a Charm Offensive

  25-12-2025 16:57 via nytimes.com
  The Baltic nation’s congressional liaison is using candy, an American flag outfit and “Die Hard” jokes to make friends in Congress as the Trump administration turns against Europe.
  
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• Into the void: how Trump killed international law - The Guardian

  25-12-2025 16:51
  Into the void: how Trump killed international law  The GuardianOpinion | Trump’s Foreign Policy Is Surprisingly Good for the World  The Wall Street JournalTrump Administration Diplomacy Produces Winners and Losers  Foreign PolicyA year of Trumpian attacks on the rules-based international order  Financial TimesFor Trump, 'America First' has meant an aggressive use of power in foreign policy  NPR
  
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• Australian prime minister announces bravery award for heroes of Bondi antisemitic attack - Politico

  25-12-2025 16:39
  Australian prime minister announces bravery award for heroes of Bondi antisemitic attack  PoliticoA memorial ends, but Bondi tragedy has left Australia reeling, again  BBCOne Mitzvah for Bondi campaign fights hate with love … one small act of kindness at a time  The Guardian20,000 ‘Reclaim’ Bondi Beach With Defiant Pledge to Increase Light  ChabadAustralia to honor Bondi Beach terror attack heroes  The Jerusalem Post
  
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• New Guineans and Aboriginal Australians descend from two groups who arrived 60,000 years ago, research suggests - Phys.org

  25-12-2025 16:10
  New Guineans and Aboriginal Australians descend from two groups who arrived 60,000 years ago, research suggests  Phys.org
  
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• Why RFK Jr.’s plan to follow Europe on vaccines is getting panned - Politico

  25-12-2025 16:00
  Why RFK Jr.’s plan to follow Europe on vaccines is getting panned  PoliticoTrump administration’s plan to shrink vaccine schedule sends health sector scrambling  statnews.comOpinion | Three Experts on Vaccines, Measles and Kennedy  The New York TimesExclusive: HHS planning to overhaul childhood vaccine schedule to recommend fewer shots, source says  CNNThe nearly 80-year-old law that could hamper RFK Jr.’s drive to remake vaccine schedule
  
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• European Cup winner, Nottingham Forest's 'greatest' John Robertson dies at 72 - ESPN

  25-12-2025 15:03
  European Cup winner, Nottingham Forest's 'greatest' John Robertson dies at 72  ESPN'Picasso' of football Robertson dies aged 72  BBCJohn Robertson, Nottingham Forest and Scotland legend, dies aged 72  The GuardianJohn Robertson: Ex-Nottingham Forest and Scotland winger dies aged 72  Sky SportsNottingham Forest two-time European Cup winner John Robertson dies at 72  RTE.ie
  
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• Major winter storm predicted to bring snow, ice to Midwest and Northeast - ABC News

  25-12-2025 13:38
  Major winter storm predicted to bring snow, ice to Midwest and Northeast  ABC NewsWinter Storm Warning in effect ahead of widespread snow Friday night into Saturday morning  ABC7 New YorkNew York City Braces for Heavy Snow as Winter Storm Approaches  The New York TimesNYC may see the most snowfall it's had in years starting Friday night  CBS NewsWinter storm warning issued for entire NYC area ahead of Friday snow: What to expect  NBC New York
  
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• I saw 70 films in theaters this year. Here are my best movies of 2025. - SFGATE

  25-12-2025 13:08
  I saw 70 films in theaters this year. Here are my best movies of 2025.  SFGATEWhat the Best Movies of 2025 Have in Common  The New YorkerDancing! Fighting! Impregnating! The best movie moments of 2025  The GuardianThe Best Overlooked Films of 2025  VarietyMoira Macdonald recaps 2025's biggest movie highlights  The Seattle Times
  
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• Her partner was detained. Now she and their baby face Christmas without him: ‘My family is broken’ - The Guardian

  25-12-2025 13:00
  Her partner was detained. Now she and their baby face Christmas without him: ‘My family is broken’  The GuardianICE tore apart families. This immigrant-led group brought back some Christmas joy  Los Angeles TimesFor Latino families, Nochebuena looks different this year  The Washington PostHispanic families in Twin Cities scale back Christmas celebrations amid ICE crackdown  CBS NewsTampa Bay family shares the impact of deportations this Christm
  
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• Four bodies found believed to be from one Liechtenstein family - Reuters

  25-12-2025 12:54
  Four bodies found believed to be from one Liechtenstein family  ReutersDeath: Man is found dead on the banks of the Rhine in Sevelen SG | blue News  blue NewsSwiss-Liechtenstein probe into deaths of four family members  SWI swissinfo.chMysterious death of a family from Liechtenstein: police found four bodies in Vaduz and on the banks of the Rhine  Українські Націо
  
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• NYT Strands Hints for Dec. 26, 2025 - The New York Times

  25-12-2025 12:00
  NYT Strands Hints for Dec. 26, 2025  The New York TimesNYT Strands Hints for Dec. 25, 2025  The New York TimesNYT Strands today – my hints and answers for December 25 (#662)  YahooToday's NYT Strands Hints, Answers and Help for Dec. 26 #663  CNETToday's NYT Strands Hints (and Answer) for Thursday, December 25, 2025  Lifehacker
  
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• Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads - The New York Times

  25-12-2025 11:01
  Tesla Robotaxis Are Big on Wall St. but Lagging on Roads  The New York TimesWhy 2026 Will Be the Year of the Tesla Robotaxi  The Motley FoolTesla’s Robotaxi project in Austin is much smaller than Musk claims  ElectrekTesla (TSLA) Draws Wall Street Attention on Driverless Testing in Austin  Yahoo FinanceTesla Stock In A Buy Zone Amid More Unsupervised Robotaxi Videos And Musk's Pay Deal Court Win  Investor's Business Daily
  
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• Republicans Who Backed Afghan Visas Are Mum as Trump Halts Them

  25-12-2025 11:01 via nytimes.com
  After a fatal shooting, the Trump administration froze a visa program for Afghans that Republicans in Congress had championed. The G.O.P. has not objected.
  
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• The video games you may have missed in 2025 - The Guardian

  25-12-2025 11:00
  The video games you may have missed in 2025  The Guardian10 indie games from 2025 that delighted the PlayStation Indies teams  PlayStation.BlogThe Best Video Games of 2025, From ‘Blue Prince’ to ‘Silksong’ to ‘Avowed’  Bloomberg.comHidden Gems 2025: The Best New Games You Might Never Have Heard Of  GameSpotThe Morning After: The best games of 2025  Engadget
  
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• Is anything open on Christmas Day 2025? Here are the stores, restaurants and fast-food chains you can go to today - CBS News

  25-12-2025 11:00
  Is anything open on Christmas Day 2025? Here are the stores, restaurants and fast-food chains you can go to today  CBS NewsWalmart makes tough decision consumers won't like  Yahoo FinanceAre King Soopers and Safeway open on Christmas? Here are major holiday store hours  9NewsIs Christmas Day a federal holiday? What stores are open? What to know  Cincinnati EnquirerList: Stores, restaurants in Michigan open on Christmas Day  ClickOnDetroit | WDIV
  
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• Scientists found a way to restore brain blood flow in dementia - ScienceDaily

  25-12-2025 09:55
  Scientists found a way to restore brain blood flow in dementia  ScienceDailyKey phospholipid points to potential treatment for vascular dementia  Medical XpressNew Research Shows Fixing Brain Blood Flow Could Help Treat Dementia  Asianet NewsableEmbargoed: New evidence points to potential treatment for vascular dementia  EurekAlert!University of Vermont Researchers Identify Phospholipid Linked to Brain Blood Flow and Vascular Dementia  geneonline
  
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• Front-runner to be Bangladesh PM returns after 17 years in exile - BBC

  25-12-2025 07:44
  Front-runner to be Bangladesh PM returns after 17 years in exile  BBCA Top Candidate for Prime Minister Returns to Bangladesh After 17 Years in Exile  The New York TimesBNP leader Tarique Rahman returns: Who is Bangladesh’s potential next PM?  Al JazeeraIn Tarique Rahman's 'I Have A Plan' Speech, An Ode To Martin Luther King  NDTVBangladesh's Tarique Rahman, seen as likely next PM set to return from exile ahead of polls  Reuters
  
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• Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura wins Honduras presidential election - BBC

  25-12-2025 04:32
  Trump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura wins Honduras presidential election  BBCTrump-backed candidate Nasry Asfura declared winner of Honduras' presidential vote  NPRTrump-backed ex-mayor declared winner of Honduran presidential election  CNNTrump-backed candidate Asfura declared new president of Honduras  The GuardianHonduran Candidate Claims Fraud After Trump-Backed Opponent Is Declared Victor  The New York Times
  
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• NYT Connections hints and answers for December 25, Tips to solve 'Connections' #928. - Mashable

  25-12-2025 04:25
  NYT Connections hints and answers for December 25, Tips to solve 'Connections' #928.  MashableNYT Connections Answers for Dec. 25, 2025  The New York TimesToday's NYT Connections Hints, Answers and Help for Dec. 25, #928  CNETConnections hints, clues and answers on Thursday, December 25 2025  USA TodayNYT Connections hints and answers for Friday, December 26 (game #929)  TechRadar
  
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• Immigrant Nurse Is Among 2 Dead in Pennsylvania Nursing Home Explosions

  24-12-2025 23:32 via nytimes.com
  Muthoni Nduthu was one of two killed by explosions at an eastern Pennsylvania facility that was plagued by poor ratings, citations and fines from the federal government.
  
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• Palau Agrees to Take Up to 75 Migrants From the U.S.

  24-12-2025 22:27 via nytimes.com
  The Pacific nation, with a population of 18,000, overcame the resistance of governmental leaders and advisers, to sign a memorandum of understanding with the U.S., and will get additional aid in return.
  
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• A Million More Epstein Documents Have Been Found, Justice Dept. Says

  24-12-2025 22:27 via nytimes.com
  Democratic lawmakers, who had criticized the Justice Department’s release of the material, accused the Trump administration of violating the law mandating the release of the files.
  
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• 1 nursing home resident, 1 employee killed in fire, explosion; cause under investigation - ABC News

  24-12-2025 21:33
  1 nursing home resident, 1 employee killed in fire, explosion; cause under investigation  ABC NewsNursing home explosion in Bucks County, Pennsylvania leaves 1 resident, 1 employee dead  6abc PhiladelphiaImmigrant Nurse Is Among 2 Dead in Pennsylvania Nursing Home Explosions  The New York TimesInvestigators sift through debris after deadly nursing home explosion in Bristol  NBC10 PhiladelphiaBucks County explosion: 2 dead, 20 hurt in nursing home blast; Sh
  
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• 'Stranger Things' to NFL, NBA: Christmas Has Never Been So Bingeable - The Hollywood Reporter

  24-12-2025 21:30
  'Stranger Things' to NFL, NBA: Christmas Has Never Been So Bingeable  The Hollywood ReporterView Full Coverage on Google News
  
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• New Charges Could Carry Death Penalty in Attack on National Guard Members in D.C.

  24-12-2025 19:43 via nytimes.com
  The case against Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan refugee accused of killing one Guard member and seriously injuring another, was transferred to D.C. District Court, where new firearms charges could bring capital punishment.
  
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• How a Scholar Nudged the Supreme Court Toward Its Troop Deployment Ruling

  24-12-2025 19:07 via nytimes.com
  Accepting an argument from a law professor that no party to the case had made, the Supreme Court handed the Trump administration a stinging loss that could lead to more aggressive tactics.
  
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• Trump’s Seizures of Oil Tankers Challenge Maritime Rules and Customs

  24-12-2025 18:32 via nytimes.com
  Recent U.S. actions against ships near Venezuela may embolden other countries to seize or detain ships, legal experts said.
  
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• OnePlus ‘Turbo’ certainly looks like a phone with a big battery in leaked images [Gallery] - 9to5Google

  24-12-2025 18:30
  OnePlus ‘Turbo’ certainly looks like a phone with a big battery in leaked images [Gallery]  9to5GoogleExclusive: OnePlus Turbo Leaks In Live Images With Massive 9,000mAh Battery and 144Hz Display  Android HeadlinesOnePlus reportedly developing a phone with battery bigger than two Galaxy S25s combined  Android CentralOnePlus Smartphone Packs Massive 9,000mAh Battery for Multi-Day Endurance  WebProNewsOnePlus makes Turbo series official: 165Hz re
  
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• Health officials confirm case of measles in Central Virginia after recent exposure - WSET

  24-12-2025 17:32
  Health officials confirm case of measles in Central Virginia after recent exposure  WSETVDH confirms measles case in Central Virginia  WWBTCentral Virginia resident infected with measles after exposure to ill out-of-state visitor  WRIC ABC 8NewsHealth officials confirm case of measles in Central Virginia and more headlines  Virginia MercuryPotential measles exposure discovered in Central and Southwest Virginia regions  WDBJ7
  
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• Former Fire Boss, Who Is Jewish, Wants to Move on From Mamdani Criticism

  24-12-2025 16:52 via nytimes.com
  Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, resigned, citing Mr. Mamdani’s views on Israel.
  
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• U.S. bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online - PBS

  24-12-2025 16:28
  U.S. bars five Europeans it says pressured tech firms to censor American viewpoints online  PBSBritish campaigner launches legal challenge against Trump administration after deportation threat  The GuardianEU warns of possible action after the US bars 5 Europeans accused of censorship  AP NewsThey Seek to Curb Online Hate. The U.S. Accuses Them of Censorship.  The New York TimesEurope pushes back at Trump's 'authoritarian' sanctions on anti-disinformation
  
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• Radio black hole trio lights up in rare galaxy merger - Phys.org

  24-12-2025 16:00
  Radio black hole trio lights up in rare galaxy merger  Phys.org
  
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• Long Carrier Deployment Projects Strength in U.S. Pressure Campaign on Venezuela, and Carries Costs

  24-12-2025 15:43 via nytimes.com
  The U.S.S. Ford has been deployed for six months, now in the Caribbean as part of President Trump’s pressure campaign on Venezuela. Maintenance woes and strains on sailors will likely mount.
  
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• Mamdani Names Fire Commissioner, but Comments From the Former One Linger

  24-12-2025 14:40 via nytimes.com
  Zohran Mamdani chose Lillian Bonsignore to be fire commissioner, weeks after the former commissioner, Robert S. Tucker, resigned, citing Mr. Mamdani’s views on Israel.
  
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